-배

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 輩 (“certain type of people”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɛ] ~ [pe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [배/베]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bae
McCune–Reischauer?	pae
Yale Romanization?	pay

Suffix

배 • (-bae) (hanja 輩)

1. group of people of a certain kind

   ‎불량(不良) (bullyang, “misconduct, bad character”) + ‎배 (-bae) → ‎불량배(不良輩) (bullyangbae, “thugs, troublemakers”)

   ‎소인(小人) (soin, “small-minded person”) + ‎배 (-bae) → ‎소인배(小人輩) (soinbae, “those with narrow and cunning minds”)

Derived terms

Korean terms suffixed with -배